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May 22, 2014

Avid Triad 17mm lightweight wheel nuts

Avid introduce the Triad 17mm lightweight wheel nuts for 1/8th off-road and GT vehicles. The unique design utilises only 3 corners of the nut instead of 6 to give the nut its light weight, around 0.96g per piece, while also protecting the laser etched Avid “A’s” from being worn off like popular closed nuts. The serrated design keeps them in place securely and the nuts are available in 4-piece packs in black, red, blue or hard anodising colour.

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May 21, 2014

Novak 4PHD 4-pole short course brushless motor

Coming this July is Novak’s new 4PHD 4-pole electric brushless motor for 4WD short course trucks. The motor is developed specifically for the high power demands and extreme running conditions seen by today’s popular 4WD short course racing and extreme bashing. Measuring 35.9×66.5mm, the sensored motor packs the punch of larger 550-size, 2-pole motors, and offers drivers the instantaneous throttle response achieved by 4-pole motors. The 4PHD is available in a 4600 kV rating, has an ultra-duty Neodymium rotor that is Kevlar-wrapped and rides on high-RPM ABEC 5 ball bearings. The 4PHD will become available separately or as combo including Novak’s recently updated Crusher speed controller.

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May 21, 2014

RDRP RB6 aluminium front suspension block

Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the aluminium front suspension block for all Kyosho RB6 based vehicles. Design to replace the kit’s plastic bulkhead with a more durable and more precise part, the block is machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and it comes black anodised for a stealthy look. Just like the original plastic part, the alloy block allows to adjust the front wishbone kick-up to 25 degree or 30 degree in order to alter the car’s front end grip. On top of that the alloy material greatly improve the robustness of the front end while the precise manufacturing adds to the overall appearance. The part fits all RB6 buggies as well as the RT6 stadium truck and SC6 short course kit.

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May 21, 2014

David Ronnefalk wins 2014 Euro warm-up race

Last weekend the MSC Sand/Main club in Germany hold the warm-up race for this year’s EFRA 1/8th Buggy European Championships. In qualifying Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk, the defending Euro Champ, took TQ with his Team Orion powered MP9 from Darren Bloomfield (Agama/Bullitt) and Elliott Boots (Kyosho/Reds). The pole position for the 45 minute final went to Xray’s Renaud Savoya who suffered another retirement in the closing stages of the final following similar issues in other major races. This made way for David Ronnefalk who came in 1st followed by Robert Battle (Mugen/Novarossi), who was able to wrestle down Darren Bloomfield. Martin Bayer (Xray/LRP) and Elliott Boots completed the top 5 result.

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May 21, 2014

Speed Passion Competition V4.0 brushless motor

Speed Passion introduce their latest competition electric brushless motor called the V4.0. Based on the experience gained with the V1.0 to V3.0 series, that won multiple titles including World and European Championships, the 4.0 features a completely new design with an updated can, newly designed front and rear endbells as well as severely other refinements. Different from its predecessors the new motor makes use of bullet-type connectors for the speedo wires whereas the previous versions had the bullet-type connectors mounted into the endbell. The design allows for the use of connectors or direct soldering of the wires for even more efficiency. The motor also offers a new endbell timing system and we understand that it will come in “modified” winding options first.

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May 21, 2014

Bradley Baird wins Irish 1/8th off-road season opener

Round 1 of the 2014 RCCAOI championship, run at BADMCC, had some challenging weather conditions to offer. The decision was made to go ahead, and most of the standing water was removed from the track. Defending champion Bradley Baird (JQ Products) took the top spot in round one, with John Matthews (JQ Products) taking the honours in the electric class. Bradley drove his Orion powered JQ to win each of the following 4 rounds, the only driver to achieve 11 laps, and take the overall TQ from Gary Baird’s Agama in second and Aaron Vance’s Team Durango in third.

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May 20, 2014

Nosram X-treme Race hardcase LiPo battery packs

Nosram introduce three new hardcase LiPo battery packs in the form of a 5800mAh saddle pack, a 4700mAh shorty pack and a 6600mAh 1S battery. All come in semi-transparent, red-colour hardcases with the 2S packs being built from 110C/55C cells while the 1S 1/12th and World GT battery is made using a 110C/50C cell. The packs use 4mm connector tubes and the saddle pack includes a suitable jumper/charging wire.

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May 20, 2014

HPI D-Box 2 stability control system

HPI introduce the D-Box 2 adjustable stability system for virtually every radio controlled car. Although aimed for the use in drift cars, the gyro can also be used in nitro and electric on-road and off-road vehicles as it improves vehicle control on slippery surfaces. Based on the experience gained with the original D-Box, the follow-up device offers four different settings to adjust the gyro sensitivity for perfect vehicle control without loosing steering response or gyro support. The device is simply connected between the steering servo and receiver, measures around 26.5x27x10mm and weights in at 9.5g. Before using the D-Box at a race meeting please check with the rules as tracks do not allow the use of gyros for fairness reasons.

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